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1. Loam
   Good quality soil. Adequate supplies of clay, sand, and fiber must be present. Crumbly to the touch. Ideal for most gardening.
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2. Loam
   A soil made up of sand, silt and clay particles in such amounts as to exhibit properties of sand and clay in about equal proportions.
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3. loam
   [n] - a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials
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4. Loam
   A soil that contains a blend of clay, sand, humus and silt and is well aerated and free-draining
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5. loam
   naturally caly-bonded sand,comparatively finely-grained with a high content(over 25%)of clay,namely used in the conventional stricking technique Category: Iron and steel industries
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6. Loam
   Loam noun [ Anglo-Saxon lām ; akin to Dutch leem , German lehm , and English lime . See 4th Lime .] 1. A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is c...
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7. Loam
   Loam intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Loamed ; present participle & verbal noun Loaming .] To cover, smear, or fill with loam.
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8. loam
   noun a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials
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9. Loam
   • (n.) A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due. • (n.) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making molds for large castings, often without a pattern. • (v. i.) To cover, smear, or fill with loam.
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10. Loam
    A soil that contains a roughly equal mixture of clay, sand, and silt. Good for growing most crops.
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11. loam
    loam, soil composed of sand, silt, clay, and organic matter in evenly mixed particles of various sizes. More fertile than sandy soils, loam is not stiff and tenacious like clay soils. Its porosity allows high moisture retention and air circulation. The popular confusion of loam with humus is probabl...
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12. Loam
    Loam is a soil compounded of various earths, of which the chief are sand, clay, and carbonate of lime or chalk, the clay predominating. Decayed vegetable and animal matter, in the form of humus, is often found in loams in considerable quantities, and the soil is fertile in proportion.
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13. loam
    Type of fertile soil, a mixture of sand, silt, clay, and organic material. It is porous, which allows for good air circulation and retention of moisture
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14. Loam
    Textural class name for soils having moderate amounts of sand, silt and clay.
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15. Loam
    A rich soil composed of clay, sand and organic matter
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16. Loam
    An easily worked fertile soil consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, and silt and sometimes also organic matter.
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17. Loam
    `Loam` is soil composed of sand, silt, and id = ISBN 978-0-07-298429-5-->--> Loam soils generally contain more nutrients and humus than sandy soils, have better infiltration and drainage than silty soils, and are easier to till than clay soils. Loams are gritty, moist, and retain water easily. Altho...
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